Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-05

mere Bmelt1R XAnA-Whma Goea In
Cesas- Marshal Mmml1senss Case.
III tel pea ons rsason NY Bsl1Fsl
kad - lsavs toWn thas has net yet bseE
puolizAed.' said q pFnmineat t0az
broker 10 the Pu9r-IwxxELIaxzcxB man
- theg net O. Paei3e avenue yesisrday
afternoon b w1y Of aPeaking a. h
paassd 6y. A. the latter paused the
gentleman oanfiuned: st Was because
De ooeld not be placsd eemfoxtzbiy u
DER tbs thumb Of tbs corporations thai
1re raining tie town. Ha ID mes the
nrst nan WHO came heFe 10 % businesz
bot was drirea away b. than.n
Smalter talk ID Of Q highly vaTtagated
character iust new and there 10 pienfy
q e. David Lister saws The sguFss
that selsveR placed CO ais smeltef were
altogether faneifEI; that an exPsrisncsd
man said 30 him not year ego that be
would put . smeiter into bis (Lister'sl
works for eG-1 capable Of doing e.
coed w0rk (thouRh perhaps n0f - much
Of 49, - any ak Omaha
On the other hsBd. E. W. Taylor.
ESQ.,, VIE claims to have been con
neotsa a. attorney for and In di9eFsat
other capacities with several different
reduction works. says that $50,0c9 for .
smelter 10 do custom work was mare
drop IN the bncket. "Had Selovef come
heFs With o million dslIar company 10
start with. if wenld have looked liks .
plausible soheme 10 ne, but as ID was,
pronounced il all Q fraud from the
hrss.s he vent on to state figures 10
this way: The ieeehinQ mill at Msuns
Cory, near Hawthorne, New, cost $376.-
N emW 80 - n
aFs, and Is waa estimated that 10 cost
e50.OOe after that 70 put is in working
order. It had q capacity Of hfty tons
per Gay. The custom mill at Denver
cost two and half millionA II can Re
Meadow, for which no suitable method
has been discovered, he says, though
the ore 10 very valuable. The mill 81
Benton, Gal, which il simply q dry
crusher aud equal 10 sixteen toms peR
but one class Of ore. New there IL no
excuse apparent 10 me for erecting re-
duction works here unless IL be fer Gus
tom bosinesa. II u 10 designed for the
reduction Of ore from any one mine il
would be much cheaper TO erect the mill
near the mine and save the transpoFta-
ton Of the ores. A mill capable Of re-
ducing the varied ores Of British Co
lumbia and Alaska voald be we'll located
here, but IL would have to be IN all.
round mill With the several processes,
such as stamping, roasting, leeching,
smelling and otheFs-whieh woald mean
Q cost Of rot less than . round millisn."
Another party we'll up in such affairs
stated that the location chosen by Sal
over on the tide Oats vas entirely inAe-
eessihle from ships on she Sound; that
9 smelteF % located might e. well be In
the noaatains. and thas Il vas another
Demonstration that Seloyer did not
know what he vas aboat.
THREE AxKs.
The Hoyt resolutions are entering
into competition with the Old Town
fence. Judge Wickersham yesterday
stated his case ct great length in the
Neea. over his own signature, and b.
W. Conner, who presided at the meeting,
went into priat with others, saying
there was bot one AYE" and one "non
the latter Of which Mr.. WickeFsham
admits IS his own. Now comes Harry
sharpe, I. O. Scar and Fremont Camp
bell. Who say they are ready 10 afirm
that they said "ays" on the first call,
making at least three who did 80, but
that, Notwithstanding, the question was
put second time.
MARSHAL HAMILroS's CASE.
Marshal Hamilton was encountered
on the street today and teld 10 Posi-
lNTKLLIGEECKR reporter his side OF tue
trouble with Henry, his deputy, that
has got On into the courts. He says
that be DISCHARGED Henry for incompe-
teney; that Henry was engaged as
deputy with salary of &15O0 per year,
with the perfect understanding that
that vas 20 be his entire remuneration
and that his duties were those OF clerk
as we'll as deputy. He Was found to be
wholly inoompetent as a clerk, follow
ing 40 rue Of Bookkeeping known TO
bali. dozen bookkeepers who have since
examined the books; that be was
seriously at fault in his accounts. hav-
ing neglected to charge sums netting
above $500, which would have been
lost TO the Marshal hid the authorities
been equally ct fault. These sums we're
returned TO him (the Marshzl) charged
on the accounts as allowances due bat
not charged in acooant current"
Henry claims $3.50 due him as fees fei
services IS depaty," continued the
Marshal. mo such claim was ever
mentioned until after be had been dis
charged, when It was trumped up"
John Fl. LOtz sold 10 Mrs. Schafer
two lots with house on O street, price
f4400.
The City Council meets this after
noon. There is nothing appearing at
present on the surface Of any impoF
tance to come before il.
BILLS IGNORED.
Special 70 the PosT-
TACOMA, March 5.-The Grand Jury